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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
News
College hopes to
wrangle ‘lost sheep’
By Joshua Dillen
News Editor
working; b ard a t th e college
w eek. H e explained, p a rt o f the
experience can be better for stu make the whole process as clear
dents at CGC. These members as possible to everybody who
o f nine different committees Sees it as well as show what
have been looking at dimensions the committees have found and
o f freshman experience, that recommended through their
affect the overall improvements study of all processes at the col
that will be implemented in the lege that first year students will
future. Last year’s survey of 779 benefit from.
“Everybody gets to see our
students and more than 340
staff provided data along with survey results, draft reports,
college documents and reports including expected high impact
along with real experiences of recommendations for change,”
students and staff that are being said King. “We want to con
used to make recommendations vert higher-ed lingo into terms
that will lead to changes in the everybody can understand.” -1
The information from vot
current. C C C practices for first
year students, according to a ing will be used to produce
CCC public affairs press release. a report with “recommended
The survey that students actions and steps tô take so
and staff participated in last that new students have the best
fall is owned and administered foundation possible to succeed”
by Educational Benchmarking that will be come from evaluat
Inc. (EBI) at www.webebi.com. ing -this week’s voting • results
They are an 18-year-old com and comparing them to what
pany that specializes in bench the committees have learned,
marking assessments for higher according to King.
education and has worked
Norina Watkins is a student
with hundreds of colleges and and peer assistant at the col
universities to enhance student lege. She thinks FoE.is great for
success and satisfaction. The CCC. She voted for her favorite
survey gathered information recommendations at the voting
that reflected "the opinions of station in the Fireside Lounge
the college community here on Monday.
“The survey was easy to fol-
on policies, programs and serr-
vices related to a student’s first
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project in Roger Rook last Thursday during a presentation to the CCC Board o f Education directors.
low and quick to complete,”
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cessful here in their first year.”
As a peer assistant who helps
students in these areas, Watkins
is passionate about her top vote.
T he
CCC
Board
of
Education members had a
chance to privately view the
striking pillars and vote sta
tions of the exhibit. Thepillars
were set up in the ‘Stair only’
section of registration in Roger
Rook, last Wednesday before
their monthly meeting that eve
ning! Dawn and King explained
the process and purpose of the
exhibit and the work they have
been doing with FoE -to an
intrigued and obviously exited
the crowd.
Dawn encourages all stu
dents and staff to examine the
pillars placed all over campus
this week that summarize the
nine dimensions of a new stu
dent’s experience and recom
mendations to vote for and
also express their own views.
The exhibit includes a looping
movie that shows candid inter
views iwith students and staff
expressing true and unedited
opinions.
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Joshua Dillen The Ctecfcomos Print
Change is com ing to
Clackapias GbfomUntiy College
and new students afe the reason.
First year students on campus
are often lost in the confusion
and hectic; dynamic of attend
ing a community college for
the first time. Staff and faculty
sometimes may not make the
connections that are necessary
to assure a' student’s best pos
sible chance to succeed in their
first year of college.
A non-profit organization
that is committed to educa
tional research, the John N .
Gardner Institute for Excellence
(www.jngi.org) has worked
with four.' year colleges and
universities across the country
to improve the experience of
first year students and enhance
their educational experience
since 1999. The institute began
working with two year schools
in 2010. CCC is one of only 30
two year colleges accepted into
their Foundations of Excellence
(FoE at www.fyfoundations.
org) First Year Focus process for
the 2011-2012 school year.
The FoE project is designed
to give colleges the tools and
methods to significandy change
the way first year students suc
ceed in school. Eighty staff,
faculty and students have been
year of secondary, education.
Through C C C ’s partnership
With FoE, the survey is just, one
step towards definite changes
that will 'come to the . college,
according to Rochelle Dawn,
CCC call center coordinator.
| 7‘This is huge for the college.
Students and staff actually get
to be a part o f what we are
doing to" make this a better
school,” she said. “The way we
deal With and help the students
succeed is going to really change
and get much better here.”
The campus and community
are invited to attend an open
house tomorrow, April 19 from
IT to 1 p.m.,' in the Fireside
Room in the Com m unity
Center to learn about the work
of the nine dimensional com
mittees. Light refreshments will
be served. The pillars have been
there since Monday and will be
up throughout the week.
Phillip King is the dean of
the Academic Foundation and
Connections division at the
college, which covers the basic
core classes that are required
to obtain any type of degree as
well as student and enrollment
services. He and Dawn have
worked closely with the nine
committees to evaluate process
es at the college and put their
top five recommendations to a
campus vote through an exhibit
that includes informative pillars
in the Community Center this
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Ellen-Niles
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